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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

On paper, the 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate seems like a fine compact EV. To be fair, Android phone users may find the Google-based system a bit quicker to learn than iPhone users. Like many EVs, the C40 recharge offers one-pedal driving. And it looks cool. Finally, like many EVs, the Volvo ditches AM radio.

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GM electric-car goals, EPA test worries, 5-minute battery recharge, Google vs Uber: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, uncertainty over EPA emission testing, GM's electric-car goal, concern over the fate of more capable start-stop systems, and a 5-minute battery recharge? Someday, one carmaker will sell affordable. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

EV Central

As far as recharging goes, cars with the smaller battery get 80kW DC charging while the 52kWh R5s can be topped up at up to 100kW. inch Google-powered infotainment system. The post Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. 2025 Renault 5 interior. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

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Amprius’ silicon nanowire Li-ion batteries power Airbus Zephyr S HAPS solar aircraft

Green Car Congress

The Zephyr platform is a new class of unmanned air vehicle that operates as a high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) enabling affordable, persistent, local satellite-like services. However, in particle or film structures silicon is not stable and lasts only a few recharge cycles.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance opens Silicon Valley research office

Green Car Congress

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will open a research office later this month in Mountain View, California, directly across from the Google campus. Nissan’s Carwings telematics system, a standard in every Nissan LEAF, includes a seven-inch touchscreen with maps of recharging stations and real-time reports on energy consumption.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

As an EV, the 2021 Polestar 2 is a silent traveler, and the time on the road gave me the chance to test what is the world’s first in-vehicle application of an infotainment system powered by Android with Google apps and services built-in. Google in the car. Inside, the 2021 Polestar 2 shows its Volvo origins. Story by Steve Schaefer.

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Honda Introducing BEV and PHEV to US and Japan in 2012; Demonstration Programs in US Begin This Year

Green Car Congress

By the end of 2010 and continuing through 2011, Honda will roll out a battery-electric vehicle demonstration program in the US with participants, including Stanford University, Google Inc. and the City of Torrance, Calif. The City of Torrance will also receive a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle for evaluation by the end of 2010.

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